Pedro S. Casal

Pedro Segundo Casal (13 May 1879-2 May 1957) was Minister of the Navy of Argentina from 1932 to 1938 under Agustin P. Justo.

Biography
Pedro Segundo Casal was born on 12 May 1879 in Necochea, Argentina. Casal taught at the War College and later became the director of the School of Naval Mechanics, and he became Minister of the Navy under Agustin P. Justo from 1932 to 1938. He assisted Paraguay during the Chaco War, and he retired from the military in 1937. However, he continued oceanography and astronomy studies, and he was a founder of the National Academy of Geography and the San Martin National Institute. He died in 1957, and a street in Asuncion, Paraguay was named for him.